29 Dec 2017 00:20:24
Just seen on the net that dr xia buisiness have lost 75mil each that's recon, also that's he's paying the players wages by a big bank loan he took out, i hope too god this isn't true . Else we could be in trouble again off the pitch aswell.

Villla10

1.) 29 Dec 2017 04:09:56
Completely untrue, Dr. Tony has a lot of people writing rubbish about him because he's secretive about how much he's worth. For some reason it's the silly season again. Only negative thing about Villa is Bruce and Glen Whelan.

2.) 29 Dec 2017 09:25:57
Talking about taking a story and just adding your own spin on it, or you haven’t read the article or don’t understand it properly, one of the three. The article says that Recon pulled out of a 75 million pound deal to buy a Hollywood film company - this does not mean that each business has “lost 75 million each”. Then it says suppliers haven’t been payed and we have borrowed money to pay the wage bill - doesn’t mention anywhere about one big bank loan. This is based off an article from late October, at the time Wyness publicly asked for proof and claimed it was so far from the truth and libellous to the club. Proof was never provided nothing was said however last week another paper found this story and did a story of their own stating the same exact things and using the original article as their source - therefore it’s all based on false information.

24 Dec 2017 22:19:12
For me bruce is not the man to take us up he mite prove me wrong but i doubt it, if we go up i'd like us to go eddie howe, or sean dyche . if we don't go up lee johnson, or dean smith.

Villla10

25 Oct 2017 21:55:32
Just thinking with davis playing up top, and kodja not quite fit yet an prem clubs after him would any1 swap him for gayle off newcastle i would while u love kodja hez sometimes lazy an greedy . while gayles a natural goal scorer for me be good deal an he was championships top scorer last season.

Villla10

1.) 26 Oct 2017 07:19:40
Gayles a good goal scorer but he’s too similar to Hogan, wouldn’t work in our team. Kodjia carries the ball forward, players like Hogan and Gayle need the ball when their already in the box, not 30 yards before it as they aren’t going to skin 2/ 3 players and drive it forward.

3.) 27 Oct 2017 10:25:10
Don’t know how you work that one out Ally, maybe if we didn’t buy McCormack but got Kodjia and Gayle. If we just brought Gayle we’d have a situation exactly the same as when Kodjia was injured, a man up front who doesn’t fit the system.

4.) 27 Oct 2017 17:05:49
Kodjia and Supermac cost roughly £25M, Gayle cost Newcastle around £8M, divide £25M by £8M and you get about a third or 33.33%, give or take a couple of percent. and from memory, I'd say 75% of posters on here wanted Gayle and Kodjia wasn't on anyone's radar? Those fees are from what I can remember at the time, prove me wrong?

5.) 27 Oct 2017 18:25:03
Wasn’t questioning the maths, was questioning the thought of 1 striker who missed 3 months of the season, who scored only 4 more goals than Kodjia did, getting us to the premier league. Baring in mind that from what we’ve seen of strikers of that style (hogan) in our system, Gayle wouldn’t of got as many goals as he did. So unless he does an unreal amount of defensive work I don’t know about, I don’t understand how you work out that if we had just signed him and non of the other two strikers we would be in the premier league.

6.) 27 Oct 2017 18:59:04
RDM had a system? or are you talking about the system we play now which has no relevance to back then. Rewind to the last season we still had Gestede (big man, like Davis, proven at Championship level in a poor team) could've had Gayle (sniffer, goalscorer) Hogan was bought in January, so that's irrelevant to my hindsight quote, from August to January was where we blew it and with them 2 up top and money freed up for a better quality midfield/ supply to the forwards, could of stormed it. Lot of what ifs with Villa I'm afraid?

7.) 27 Oct 2017 19:48:20
I think there’s too many ifs and buts to say if we had of signed Gayle we’d be in the prem. your basing this on the fact he would of suited RDM system? He’s one man, it wouldn’t of solved the serious defending problems we had and weakness after the 85th minute. Or your basing this on Gayle and Gustede (who failed to perform before he was sold) forming such a formidable partnership they would of over come the leaking defence and scored enough to fire us to the prem? And signing him means more money for midfield, not like money was an object back then, RDM signed whoever he wanted so we would of had the same midfield irrelevant of what we spent else where. I think there’s a lot of what ifs in life, but theirs too many what ifs, and presumptions of what other outcomings it would have lead to, to make a statement like “if we’d signed Gayle at the start of last season we’d be in the prem already”. Equally so, if we hadn’t of lost 4-0 to arsenal in the FA cup, we would have won the league the following year.

8.) 27 Oct 2017 20:33:39
Instead of what ifs, let's say should ofs, and what I'm saying is we should of bought Gayle, should of spent money in other areas in particular a keeper, and should of had a manager more proven than RDM at Championship level. We're doing fine now, I think we'll go up, there's still something missing though, if it takes Kodjia leaving for decent money to sort what's missing, I'd settle for that, and my own personal view is that Davis/ Hogan would be a better pairing than any other permutations we have right now, think Kodjia needs to show some fight for his place or to get his move?

9.) 27 Oct 2017 20:44:50
Shame we have to lose a brilliant player to fund other areas, because of rules, but if it come to that, I’d do it. Take the money, get another back up striker, go with Davis and hogan up top. However against the “better” teams like Fulham, can davis lead the line alone the way Kodjia does? He did it once against Norwich but drew a blank the next game.

2.) 13 Sep 2017 15:25:22
Villa10-brucie has come out and said when asked about being sacked that they'll have to ask the board, whether he stays or goes, a decision needs to be made now, because uncertainty never does anyone any good, other names being touted are pardew and guidolin (ex-swansea), it also seems steve round favours galtier, IF he does go, i'd go hoddle with sherwood as his assistant, seems its another death by a thousand cuts, we're getting like cardiff used to be, every week, something else crops up!

I like the idea of hoddle with Sherwood as his number 2,
Sherwood does work with kids well and that's what we need,
Hoddle would be a good tactics wise,
We will see after these games coming up to see where we are going.

6.) 13 Sep 2017 20:20:37
Well that should be good for the anti bruces! the amount of chances that went begging last night was unbelievable. boro didn't have an answer apart from to sit back. So how was that bruces fault if the players are not putting away the chances. Short of putting it in the back of the net himself. I believe we deserved something from that game. Had lansbury not got sent off think it would have been a win for us. I for one don't blame bruce for last nights result. Players have to look at themselves.

8.) 14 Sep 2017 10:10:22
Doesn't matter how we play or how many chances we create some will still blame Bruce Clarat, same was said after we had chance after chance against Hull. Against Cardiff, Reading and Brentford we were awful, some of them you can blame the tactics but if the players can't complete a pass 10yards then they have to take some blame. But the drama queens will force yet another manager out, Bring in a new one who will immediately be the messiah, after the honey moon period they will one the new manager out and the cycle will continue. Don't want to give up already but we a damned to this division for the time being, it's like some fans want to boo and want the team to under perform so they can moan, no matter how we play they blame the manager - that negativity spreads onto the pitch. It's hard when the club, the players, the manager and 80% of the fans are pulling in one direction and the rest of the fans are determined to stop us going anywhere.

9.) 14 Sep 2017 16:44:12
I think most fans want him to succeed, its the ones'at villa park who are the wildcard i reckon, hopefully the lads will go the extra to show their loyalty to the gaffer, if that doesn't do it, the sharks will start circling.

1.) 30 Aug 2017 20:44:00
I'm more interested in getting rid than brining in more new signings
Have to go
1) Richards "Not even any good in the championship totally useless"

2) McCormack "Lazy with a bad attitude I thought £12m was a crazy fee to pay for what we were getting" I think we made the same mistake in terms of fee with Hogan to much for someone not worth the fee

3) Flabby Gabby "Had his time no longer fit for purpose"

4) Hutton "I like Hutton gives 100% but he is just not good enough and continually gets caught out of position"

Not Desperate but probably better for both parties that they go.
Gardner
Elphick
Bunn
And I would even sell Grealish if the right money came in massive potential but he will ultimately deliver very little in his career Jack will wake up one morning in the future with so many regrets and wonder where his career went and will look into his empty display cabinet with no winners medals . far to inconsistent.

06 Jan 2018 16:57:37
Fair play to boro but i'm not botherd bout going out of fa cup its not important, promotion far more important than cup run plus it gives a run out to players that have come bck from injurys ie terry green.

06 Jan 2018 14:41:05
I think villa should try an sign these e players miralells from everton doesn't get a game, charlie musando from chelsea can play wide or as number had rapid pace, also benik afobe, but if we can't get him i'd be happy with ulloa thou .

Villla10

01 Jan 2018 19:18:19
I think we are sending out a warning to all the teams in the division when we get all our players fit we are a match 4 any1.

Villla10

1.) 01 Jan 2018 19:53:30
Fantastic win brilliant commitment from players great start to 2018.two goals from a player who has had some stick of late. The biggest praise for me is reserved for steve bruce even down to his timely subs. I hope in 2018 he gets the respect that he deserves. The players went out and played for him he has the respect of his players so why not the fans. A great win under pressure. AHappy new year to all you villans .

31 Dec 2017 11:09:19
Every1 remembers juan pablo don't they i was just thinking, it took him a while to get his scoring boots on at villa, he went months without out scoring then once we got him settled he banged the goals in . do people think hogan could have same problems like angel an b4 every1 says i know angel was from columbia.

Villla10

1.) 31 Dec 2017 11:47:48
No!
As for what ever reason angle didn’t score. he still was I the right place to shoot, or at least try to hit target.

I agree we don’t play to hogans strengths. he is a professional player, and should also be able to adapt, or mix up his play, however, when he does get the ball, it’s released again from him either side ways, or backwards.

Confidence is massive, I get that, how ever. to be a pro, at the highest level, (where he said before signing he believes he should be playing) his belief in his own ability is paramount. He should when given his chance grab it by the scruff of the neck. Yet he doesn’t.

Comparing him to angel is crazy, so much was against him when he came, language, illness, let alone a whole different country, a new continent. hogan has moved 136 miles. To the same league!

I’m not saying hogan is poor, and I do think he ‘could’ be quality. He needs time, which we can’t give him. But, he doesn’t help him self, and his inability to adapt his game to the style we are trying to play, (whether you think it’s the way we should play or not) is poor.

Don’t forget these guys train every day on this formation, style of play. Yet he either can’t, or refuses to adapt.
Ask your self, if you where him, and you either wanted to play, or move. would you let kids, unproven kids, come in to the side and show you up, out play you, and do what is asked of them?

One more thing, his body language is so negative, like the world is on his shoulders. in contrast to Adomah, or Kodjia, the ball comes to them, they are positive, and make things happen, so when they make their run it’s seen. hogan hides in games, makes obvious movements in front of goal, and looks like he doesn’t want the ball. so if when he does get it, he has to pass backwards, negative.
Everything he does is mechanical and because he has to. not instinctive. It might be his confidents, it might be his lack of interest. What ever it is, we don’t want it to breed in the team.

2.) 31 Dec 2017 12:28:38
Excellent point flackie. People forget that they train everyday in this tactic. It's not like in training they do the opposite to match day.
I just think he step up to quick. Had good run of form with Brentford and we snapped him up. He might move on and bang goals in for someone else but it won't be a bigger club than us. He belongs at teams like Brentford being there star player.

3.) 31 Dec 2017 17:29:49
Although Angel did come good eventually (he was also a nice bloke by the way), I seem to remember we got rid of a certain Peter Crouch to accommodate him and Phillips. Oh to turn back the clock. Happy New Year everyone.

06 Jan 2018 14:51:08
Agree when they go up there going to struggle big time mate, where if villa come up aswell i don't think we will struggle because players will want to come to us over wolves because were a bigger club . but this team is good enough for automatic an playoff wins but not prem safety we need 6 players to stay in prem if we go up 6 good players thou.

27 Dec 2017 17:00:18
M8 gallardo is a class manager i think we both mentioned him earlier in the year . he's going to be a special manager if we got him it would be a coup he plays fast flowing footie.